prone
61prone pressure method — noun : a method of artificial respiration consisting essentially of alternate pressure and release of pressure on the back of the thorax of the prone patient by means of which water if present is expelled from the lungs and air is allowed to… …
62prone to — adverb inclined to; having a tendency to …
63prone — adjective a) Lying face downward; prostrate. b) Having a downward inclination or slope …
64prone — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inclined, disposed, likely, predisposed; recumbent, flat, prostrate, horizontal. See possibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Inclined] Syn. inclined, predisposed, apt; see likely 4 . 2. [Lying down] …
65prone — prəʊn adj. tending, apt, disposed; lying with the face down, prostrate …
66prone to — tending to …
67PRONE — pronepos …
68prone — a. 1. Prostrate (with the face downward), recumbent, lying flat. 2. Sloping, inclining, inclined, declivous. 3. Disposed, inclined, tending, bent, apt, propense. 4. Bending forward, inclined, bowed. 5. Ready, eager. 6. Headlong, running downward… …
69prone — adj 1. apt, inclined, tending toward, leaning toward, of a mind to; disposed, predisposed, liable, given, ready, subject, likely, incident, Archaic. propense; open, susceptible, vulnerable. 2. face downward, prostrate, procumbent; laying flat,… …
70prone — adj. 1) lying with the face downwards. 2) (of the forearm) in the position in which the palm of the hand faces downwards (see pronation). Compare: supine …
